Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time

by Herbert Brücker, Johannes Croisier, Yuliya Kosyakova, Hannes Kröger, Giuseppe Pietrantuono, Nina Rother and Jürgen Schupp

Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees’ German skills have improved, as have their participation rates in the workforce, education, and training.

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Brücker, Herbert ; Croisier, Johannes ; Kosyakova, Yuliya ; Kröger, Hannes ; Pietrantuono, Giuseppe ; Rother, Nina ; Schupp, Jürgen
Published in:	DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a policy bulletin from the German Institute for Economic Research. - Berlin : DIW, ISSN 2568-7697, ZDB-ID 2916740-1. - Vol. 9.2019, 4/6, p. 49-61
Subject:	Refugees \| labour market integration \| language skills \| health status \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Flüchtlinge \| Arbeitsmarktintegration \| Labour market integration \| Sprache \| Language \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Gesundheit \| Health \| Erwerbstätigkeit \| Employment \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Soziale Integration \| Social integration \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.18723/diw_dwr:2019-4-1 [DOI] hdl:10419/194160 [Handle]
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; i14 ; i24
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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